| Race/ethnicity and school level | Number of public school students1 | Percentage distribution of school concentration of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0–25 | 26–50 | 51–75 | 76–100 | Missing/ school does not participate |
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| Total2 | 49,136,240 | 100.0 | 24.6 | 28.8 | 25.1 | 18.6 | 3.0 |
| White | 26,311,473 | 100.0 | 33.9 | 36.2 | 22.7 | 5.6 | 1.6 |
| Black | 8,166,410 | 100.0 | 8.5 | 19.8 | 29.7 | 37.3 | 4.7 |
| Hispanic | 10,775,975 | 100.0 | 11.8 | 18.0 | 28.5 | 37.4 | 4.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 2,461,820 | 100.0 | 37.3 | 25.8 | 18.5 | 11.6 | 6.9 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 584,756 | 100.0 | 12.1 | 25.6 | 31.7 | 28.9 | 1.6 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown | 835,806 | 100.0 | 26.5 | 30.4 | 26.3 | 15.4 | 1.4 |
| Elementary | 31,537,864 | 100.0 | 22.4 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 23.2 | 2.6 |
| White | 16,446,316 | 100.0 | 31.4 | 33.4 | 26.4 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
| Black | 5,261,630 | 100.0 | 6.9 | 16.0 | 27.7 | 45.6 | 3.9 |
| Hispanic | 7,274,077 | 100.0 | 10.6 | 14.7 | 26.2 | 44.7 | 3.8 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1,579,964 | 100.0 | 36.9 | 23.9 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 6.8 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 363,990 | 100.0 | 9.5 | 21.8 | 32.8 | 34.7 | 1.2 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown | 611,887 | 100.0 | 24.6 | 28.7 | 27.6 | 18.2 | 0.9 |
| Secondary | 15,993,562 | 100.0 | 29.6 | 35.6 | 22.4 | 9.3 | 3.0 |
| White | 8,984,410 | 100.0 | 39.5 | 41.7 | 15.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Black | 2,587,940 | 100.0 | 11.9 | 28.3 | 34.2 | 20.6 | 5.1 |
| Hispanic | 3,204,604 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 25.9 | 34.0 | 21.2 | 4.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 830,098 | 100.0 | 38.5 | 29.8 | 18.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 188,626 | 100.0 | 17.4 | 34.5 | 29.7 | 16.7 | 1.7 |
| Race/ethnicity unknown | 197,884 | 100.0 | 32.3 | 36.0 | 22.9 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
| 1 Includes students enrolled in schools that did not report free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. | |||||||
| 2 Includes students who attended combined elementary and secondary schools not shown separately. | |||||||
| NOTE: The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program. To be eligible for free lunch under the program, a student must be from a household with an income at or below 130 percent of the poverty threshold; to be eligible for reduced-price lunch, a student must be from a household with an income between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty threshold. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, locale, and poverty, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Common Core of Data (CCD), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources. Percent detail may not sum to percent totals because of rounding. | |||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009–10. |
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